LDP Maintains Majority With Win in Lowest Election Turnout for Over 50 Years

LDP Election Victory
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Victorious Prime Minister Shinzo Abe poses for photographers as early returns from Sunday’s general election indicate a landslide victory by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on December 14, 2014. The LDP is likely to secure a majority as voters gave Abe a fresh mandate to forge ahead with his economic policy. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

LDP Election Victory
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a TV interview at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo as early returns from Sunday’s general election indicate a landslide victory by the LDP on December 14, 2014. The LDP will secure a majority as voters gave Abe a fresh mandate to forge ahead with his economic policy. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)